"I'm fine."
On the boat, the woman sat to one side, already wrapped in the outer robe Liu Guanlan had handed her.
Her hair had dried considerably, but her face was still a little pale. Her composure, however, remained unshaken.
Even after surviving an assassination attempt and falling into the lake, she merely looked a little colder now.
A moment later, the woman raised her head, her voice gentle yet cool. "Who were those people just now?"
There was not the slightest trace of deafness or muteness about her now.
"We're investigating."
Liu Guanlan stood beside her, his expression turning serious.
"Investigating?"
Her voice grew colder. "They stormed straight onto the Fourth Floor of Guanlan Tower, killing as they went."
"Liu Guanlan, this Guanlan Tower of yours has certainly opened my eyes."
"I failed in my duty."
At her words, Liu Guanlan's expression changed at once. He lowered his head. "Please punish me, Your Highness."
The woman did not answer immediately. She gazed at the lake, her expression icy. After a moment, she said coldly, "Whoever they are, once you find them, kill them without mercy."
"Yes!"
Liu Guanlan nodded respectfully.
This time, his voice carried a touch more coldness as well.
Daring to attack the Elder Princess inside Guanlan Tower made this far more than an ordinary assassination attempt.
If anything had truly happened to her today, all of Guanlan Tower would have been buried alongside her.
Moreover, the fact that the person behind this dared to act so brazenly was proof enough that they thought nothing of Guanlan Tower.
Indeed, his Guanlan Tower held standing not only among scholars and poets, but in the martial world as well.
If word of this spread, his Guanlan Tower... would likely become something of a laughingstock.
Naturally, Liu Guanlan could not